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Accordion Pronunciation
Accordion is pronounced uh-KAWR-dee-uhn, IPA /əˈkɔrdiən/.
uh-KAWR-dee-uhn
US /əˈkɔrdiən/ · UK /əˈkɔːdiən/
Syllables: uh · KAWR · dee · uhn (4 syllables, stress on syllable 2)
noun: A portable instrument played by squeezing bellows and pressing keys or buttons.
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Accordion in a Sentence
- He learned the accordion from his grandmother.
- An accordion was playing somewhere down the street.
- The accordion weighs more than it looks.
Common Mispronunciations of Accordion
Not uh-KAWR-dyuhn
Give the dee and the uhn separate beats, which makes four in all. Squashing them into a dyuhn leaves three.
Not A-kawr-dee-uhn
KAWR takes the push and the opening uh is almost silent. Nothing behind the loud beat rises again.
Tip: The spelling ends in ion, not ian, which is the opposite of the pattern in librarian and historian.
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